Paper-holding device for telephones.



No. 736,556. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1903.

'W. H. SHERMAN.

PAPER HOLDING DEVICE FOR TELEPHONES.-

APPLIOATION FILED MAY '8. 1902.

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PAPER-HOLDING DEVICE FOR TELEPHONES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 736,556, dated August18, 1903.

Application filed May 8, 1902.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HALE SHER- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newport, in the county of Newport and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPaper-Holding Devices for Telephones, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in paper-holding devices fortelephones, an d the main object of my invention is the provision of adevice which will hold a roll of paper so that the end thereof may bewritten upon and torn off, and thus form a convenient means by whichmessages or orders maybe written when received by telephone.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter which is the embodiment of simplicity, durability, andinexpensiveness and which is thoroughly eflicient and practical in use.

To attain the desired objects the invention consists of a device of thischaracter embodying novel features of construction substantially asdisclosed herein.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of atelephone transmitter and receiver with my invention in use thereon.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device removed and out of use.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the support of the telephone,and B the inclined board forming the top of the batterybox, to which andupon which is secured and rests my improved holding device 0. Thisdevice consists of a piece of wire bent to form the twooutwardly-extending curved hooks or arms I), which by reason of thecoils E are provided with a spring tension toward each other, so as toengage the sides of the support A, and also provide a bearing for theends of the roll of paper F. Extending downward from these coils are theshort-arms G, terminating in the large bail II, intermediate 01'' whichare provided the two spring-coils J, which exert a tension downward, soas to cause the bail to rest firmly upon the top of the board B. Carriedslidably mounted upon Serial No. 106,440. (No model.)

the rods K is the strap L, which forms a guide for the paper as itleaves the roll and passes below the end of the bail II, and it also canbe constructed so as to draw the portions of the holder near the coil Jcloser together, and thereby assist in supporting the roll of paper andcausing the arms D to better contact the support A.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings,it is evident that I provide a very simple, durable and inexpensivedevice for this purpose and one which will be thoroughly efiicient andpractical in use, as the roll of paper is very readily attached in thefirst place, and when used is readily detached, and, further, for thereason that the holder itself is so easily and quickly applied to thetelephone.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Incombination with a telephone and battery support, and roll of paper, ofa device for holding the paper, comprising a single piece of wire havingtwo inwardly-hooked terminals for engaging the telephone-support,bearings for supporting the journals of the roll of paper, means forholding the unwound end of the paper upon the top of the batterysupportso that the paper can be written upon, and means slidably mounted uponsaid lastmentioned means for guiding the paper from the roll.

A device for the purpose described, comprising a single piece of wirehaving a substantially U-shaped bail, a pair of short arms G, bent upout of the plane of the bail, coils J at the junctions of the bail andshort arms forming springs to hold the bail down upon the top of anysuitable support, bearings for a roll of paper at the upper end of saidarms a pair of outwardly-extending hooked arms forming terminals of theshort arms G, and a strap slidably mounted upon the sides of the bailfor guiding the paper from the roll.

Adevice for the purpose described, comprising a single piece of wirebent to form two outwardly-extending hooked arms, two coils to formbearings for a roll of paper, and a spring-actuated bail having adownward ten- In testimony whereof I affix my signature sion to hold theunwound end of paper upon in presence of two witnesses. the top of atelephone battery-support; and WILLIAM HALE SHERMAN a strap siidablymounted upon the sides of the 5 bail adapted to hold the hooked arms inclose Witnesses:

contact with the supporting-frame of a tele- ANNA C. V. OORBETT, phone.CATHERINE IRWIN.-

